Ice-creeper for horses



(No Model.)

0. S. ACHESON.

IGE GREEPER FOR HORSES. N0. .388,1'71.

Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

CHARLES S. AGHESON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

lCE-CREEPER FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 388,171, dated August 21, 1888.

Application filed March 6, 1888. Serial No. 266,358. (No model.)

To ztZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. ACIIESON, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in leeCreepers for Horses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide improved ice-creepers peculiarly adapted for attachment to the shod feet of horses in lieu of sharpening their shoes, which are readily and securely adjustable to shoes of different sizes, are easily attachable and detachable, and are strong and durable, while of simple construetion.

The invention consists of certain novel combinations of parts and features of construction, hereinafter fully described, and distinctly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side View, partly sectional, illustrating an ice-creeper embodying my improvement secured to the shod foot of ahorse. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the shoe and the iceereeper applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the said ice-creeper detached.

A designates a horses hoof, B a common shoe secured thereto, and O the toe of the shoe.

The body of the ice-creeper is formed of a flat plate, D, adapted to set up against the forward part of the bottom of the shoe B, having a recess, E, fitted to receive the toe O, and having its front and rear edges curved to coineide with the corresponding edges of the shoe. 7

In the inner face of the base-plate D is formed medially a transverse dovetail groove, F, in which is fitted to slide the dovetail shank G of a hook, G, which is bent upward and forward, so as to embrace the inner edge of the forward part of the shoe, and can be adjusted to suit the width of the same. A set-screw,

H, having a pointed square head, H, which serves also as one of the ice-spurs, is screwed from the under side through a transverse slot, l, in the base-plate into the hook-shank G to secure the hook in the desired adjustment.

In threaded sockets formed in the under side of the base-plate on either side of the spur H are inserted, also, the screw-shanks J of other square pointed spurs,.l, wh ich can thus be readily removed and renewed when so desired.

On the front edge of the base-plate 1), near I either end thereof, are formed eye-lugs K K, which project forward beyond the shoe and are pivotally connected with the free ends of a bifurcated springarm, L,which projects u pward in front of the hoof and has a loop, L, at its upper closed end.

A strap, M, is passed through the loop L and around the hoof, and is buckled tightly, so as to press the spring-arm L firmly against the inclined face of the hoof, and thus secure the ice-creeper immovably in place.

The ice-creeper may be readily detached by unbuekling the strap M and disengaging the hook G from the rear edge of the horseshoe.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved ice-creeper for horses, consisting of the plate D, having a recess to receive a toe-calk and provided on its inner edge with a hook, G, for engaging a horseshoe, and on its front edge with the eyed lugs K K and the loop L, connecting with said lugs, and a strap, M, as shown and described.

2. In an ice-creeper for horses, the combination,with a base-plate adapted to the horses shoe, of a hook adapted to engage the shoe and having a shank adjustable on the baseplate, and a set-screw for locking the hook in its adjustment, having a squarepointcd head adapted to serve also as an ice-spur, substantially as described.

CHARLES S. ACHESON.

\Vitnesses:

ARMON D. AOIIESON, HoRAoE B. REE-BEER. 

